India Cuts Internet Access for 27m in Sikh Fugitive Hunt – WP

India lost more than 6,000 hours to internet shutdowns last year.

Indian authorities cut internet access for 27 million people in the state of Punjab in a bid to capture a Sikh separatist, the Washington Post reported.

The statewide switch-off on Sunday, which followed a similar plug-pulling on Saturday, was part of an operation to arrest fugitive Amritpal Singh, a 30-year-old preacher who is part of a separatist movement seeking to establish a sovereign state in Punjab called Khalistan for followers of the Sikh religion, the report went on.

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Sean O'Meara

Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.